Photographer Martha Strawn will be in person at the Gregg, joined by scholar and author Vijaya Nagarajan remotely from San Francisco as they discuss their respective books about the ancient practice of rangoli, or kōlam– ritual designs typically made of rice flour and drawn on thresholds and entrances. After the discussion, Strawn will lead a walk-through tour of her work in the current exhibition. Strawn is Professor of Art Emerita at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte and author of Across the Threshold of India: Art, Women, and Culture. Nagarajan is associate professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco and author of Feeding A Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual and Ecology in India, an Exploration of the kōlam.